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Boston Advisors Portfolio holdings

AUM $1.91B
1-Year Est. Return 6.26%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+7.31%
1 Year Est. Return
+6.26%
3 Year Est. Return
+73.82%
5 Year Est. Return
+112.87%
10 Year Est. Return
–
AUM
$2.31B
AUM Growth
-$1.69B
Cap. Flow
-$1.92B
Cap. Flow %
-83.22%
Top 10 Hldgs %
16.63%
Holding
694
New
51
Increased
253
Reduced
282
Closed
59

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
QUAL icon
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF
QUAL
+$9.89M
2
VEA icon
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
+$9.64M
3
MA icon
Mastercard
MA
+$9.58M
4
OFG icon
OFG Bancorp
OFG
+$6.48M
5
HWC icon
Hancock Whitney
HWC
+$6.24M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$155M
2
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$148M
3
GOOGL icon
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
+$144M
4
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$85.9M
5
V icon
Visa
V
+$83M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 15.2%
2 Financials 14.89%
3 Healthcare 13.03%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.56%
5 Industrials 10.25%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
AAPL icon
1
Apple
AAPL
$4.9T
$64M 2.77%
1,133,684
-1,650,140
-59% -$85.9M
MSFT icon
2
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.35T
$61.8M 2.68%
540,581
-1,361,697
-72% -$148M
IWF icon
3
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF
IWF
$120B
$50.6M 2.19%
1,298,108
-213,396
-14% -$8.08M
AMZN icon
4
Amazon
AMZN
$2.53T
$49.1M 2.13%
490,640
-1,648,240
-77% -$155M
JPM icon
5
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$933B
$31.2M 1.35%
276,703
+33,446
+14% +$3.8M
GOOGL icon
6
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.08T
$28.8M 1.25%
477,740
-2,370,840
-83% -$144M
VEA icon
7
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
$230B
$28.5M 1.23%
658,421
+223,640
+51% +$9.64M
COP icon
8
ConocoPhillips
COP
$145B
$23.9M 1.04%
308,718
+38,895
+14% +$2.8M
BAC icon
9
Bank of America
BAC
$433B
$23.1M 1%
782,684
+23,596
+3% +$719K
V icon
10
Visa
V
$673B
$22.6M 0.98%
150,537
-584,034
-80% -$83M
IWM icon
11
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM
$80.2B
$22.3M 0.97%
132,550
+2,196
+2% +$371K
INTC icon
12
Intel
INTC
$460B
$21.6M 0.94%
457,107
-501,755
-52% -$24.4M
VZ icon
13
Verizon
VZ
$193B
$21.2M 0.92%
397,525
+87,541
+28% +$4.63M
VLO icon
14
Valero Energy
VLO
$92.6B
$17.9M 0.78%
157,463
+1,616
+1% +$184K
COST icon
15
Costco
COST
$423B
$17.9M 0.77%
76,078
-184,560
-71% -$41.6M
HD icon
16
Home Depot
HD
$332B
$16M 0.7%
77,433
-347,665
-82% -$70M
MA icon
17
Mastercard
MA
$510B
$16M 0.69%
71,922
+45,941
+177% +$9.58M
CVS icon
18
CVS Health
CVS
$134B
$16M 0.69%
202,779
-211,898
-51% -$15.1M
SPY icon
19
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
$784B
$15.2M 0.66%
52,407
-1,277
-2% -$364K
ABBV icon
20
AbbVie
ABBV
$455B
$14.6M 0.63%
154,644
-4,115
-3% -$390K
VFC icon
21
VF Corp
VFC
$5.87B
$14.6M 0.63%
165,798
-220,833
-57% -$18.8M
BR icon
22
Broadridge
BR
$17.9B
$14.4M 0.62%
108,976
-274,825
-72% -$34.9M
ZTS icon
23
Zoetis
ZTS
$31.9B
$14.3M 0.62%
156,510
-209,716
-57% -$18.6M
UNP icon
24
Union Pacific
UNP
$172B
$14.2M 0.61%
86,998
+1,017
+1% +$153K
ADBE icon
25
Adobe
ADBE
$98.5B
$13.6M 0.59%
50,485
-178,688
-78% -$46.1M
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Boston Advisors's Q3 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2018, Boston Advisors held 694 positions worth $2.31B, down 42% from $4B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 17% of the portfolio.

Boston Advisors withdrew a net $1.92B in Q3 2018, closing 59 positions and reducing 282 holdings. Its most notable exit was Electronic Arts, an estimated $29.7M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 15% of assets, down from 21% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Healthcare.

Against the trend, Boston Advisors opened a new position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF worth $10.2M.

  • Boston Advisors's largest Q3 2018 buy was iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF: 112,555 shares worth $10.2M.
  • Boston Advisors added most to Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF in Q3 2018, an estimated $9.64M increase.
  • Boston Advisors's biggest Q3 2018 reduction was Amazon, cutting an estimated $155M.
  • Boston Advisors fully exited Electronic Arts in Q3 2018, selling an estimated $29.7M.
  • Boston Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 17% of its $2.31B portfolio in Q3 2018.
  • Boston Advisors opened 51 new positions and closed 59 in Q3 2018.
  • Boston Advisors's portfolio value fell 42% quarter-over-quarter to $2.31B.

Based on Boston Advisors's 13F filing for Q3 2018, filed 9 Nov 2018.